Haylee Mota Can Only See Light and Shadows. Yet She Sees So Much More.
USC Viterbi sophomore reimagines telepresence robots for the visually impaired
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Legged Robots to Aid with Planetary Research
Feifei Qian is the lead researcher for a $3-million NASA grant that could significantly aid planetary explorations.
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What’s the Temperature, Traveler?
How a faulty thermometer at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum became a pet project of USC Viterbi
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Folding, Cutting and Bending Our Way into a More Adaptable Future
USC researchers create new models to predict how new metamaterials behave, opening the door for applications in soft robotics and even space
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AME Hosts LATTC Outreach Event to Promote Youth STEM Engagement
32 high school students from Early College Academy visited USC Viterbi labs for a day of hands-on engineering
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“The Best Educated Class In Our History”
At the 2022 commencement ceremony, undergraduates shared laughter, tears and hugs as they embark on a new journey
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“The World Impatiently Waits For You”: 1100 USC Viterbi Master’s Students Graduate
First in-person, satellite ceremonies in two years feature four-star general and former CEO of Yahoo and Verizon Media as speakers
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“Do Better Than Us”: Three Years of USC Viterbi Ph.D.s Receive Their Hoods.
At the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony, 215 new graduates join Trojan forebears like Andrew Viterbi and Wanda Austin.
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Trojan in the Sky
For USC Viterbi class of 2022 PhD Rishi Malhan, the future of robotics and sustainability lives in the skies.
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More Than Robotics
USC Viterbi student Joy Uehara deepened her love of systems as a robotics mentor. Her most recent team was featured in Disney’s documentary “More than Robots.”
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Class of 2022 Graduate Gets Thrifty in the Startup World
Product Development Engineering graduate Patricia Garcia is winning accolades for her company that allows students to thrift their collegiate gear.
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Supporting Girls in Space: USC Viterbi Program Returns for Summer 2022
With renewed support, Project Payload returns to offer underrepresented girls in STEM a hands-on experience in aerospace engineering and computer science
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8 USC Viterbi Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty has now been received by 13 USC Viterbi faculty over the past two years
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New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a 3D printing technique to fabricate microfluidic devices for biomedical applications at a microscale not previously possible.
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Achieving Success Through Imprecision
USC Viterbi researchers aim to build a better brain with a never-before-used approach
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Bo Jin Receives 2022 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Bo Jin, lecturer in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is one of 11 recipients of the 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. The award was given by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), an association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce. Jin is the faculty advisor of the USC Advanced Composites Design Team, … Read More
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Najmedin Meshkati Honored as an Inaugural Titan of The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Meshkati, an expert in the field of risk reduction in complex technological systems, was recognized at The HFES February Symposium.
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USC Viterbi Students Win Poster Award at Top Fluid Dynamics Conference
The team, who won second place at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Conference, featured two high school students through the SHINE program.
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USC Alumna, Deniz Burnham, Beats Out 12,000 Applicants to Join NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class
Burnham beat out thousands of applicants for the opportunity to train for space missions.
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Designing Magnetic Materials Using Mathematical Tools
USC Viterbi researchers find the key to a longstanding puzzle on how magnetic hysteresis can be dramatically reduced, paving the way for magnet usage in next-generation energy conversion and electronic devices.
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Francisco Valero-Cuevas Selected As One of 12 U.S. Scientists To Advise on Issues of Medical Rehab and Disabilities
His four year term with the NIH’s Advisory Board On Medical Rehabilitation Research began in July 2021.
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Beyond 3-D Printing and Robotics, the Most Lasting Thing Kendall Work Built? Communities.
Senior mechanical engineering student attributes his successful college experience to the communities he built at USC Viterbi
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Superhero Confidence for Kids with Limb Differences
USC students design colorful 3D-printed prosthetics for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles patients.
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‘We Want to Assemble Anything’
Max Reynolds (AME ’14) launched a startup, Symbio, that revolutionizes how artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to the manufacturing industry
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An Actress, Pilot and Engineer: One Student Does It All
From gymnastics to the U.S. Air Force ROTC, USC Viterbi senior Natalie Smith built her life on asking ‘Why not?’
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Breakfast of Champions, Prepared by Your Neighborhood Robot
No need for fancy cafes. For your next coffee and pancake order, all you need is a couple of robots – and USC Viterbi students to program them.
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Machine Communicates Emotion with Nearly 80% Accuracy of Human Touch
New Haptic Device Can Communicate Attention, Gratitude, Happiness, Calming, Sadness, or Love
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Your Next Package Could be Delivered by a Robot
USC Viterbi researchers help four-legged robots carry heavy packages to spaces unknown
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USC’s Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, and Shri Narayan Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The trio joins a distinguished class of 175 new inductees who “demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation”
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The Art of Mixing: Shapeshifting and Shockwaves
USC researchers develop a tracking method in supersonic and hypersonic engines, paving the way for optimal combustion in high-speed flights
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Two USC Viterbi Students Named Caldwell Scholars
First-year students Jose M. Zarate Diaz and Raul Torres Jr. win the prestigious award
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Could 3D Paper Be a Sustainable Alternative to Plastic?
Mechanical engineering student Aidan Leitch hopes his technique of using recycled paper to form solid objects can open doors to environmentally friendly plastic replacements.
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Can Robots Create Fashion?
For three mechanical engineering students, summer vacation included making tie-dye – with Baxter, the robot.
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Gold and Silver: USC Viterbi Students Nearly Sweep Top Awards at Nation’s Largest Manufacturing Research Conference
First and second place awards for best paper earned by students in USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing
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How I Spent My COVID Quarantine: 3-D Printing A Laser Harp
USC Viterbi student Reuben Levine combines his engineering prowess with music knowledge to create a unique instrument in his own home.
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Want Your Lithium Batteries To Last Longer? Try Stretching.
USC researchers have applied fundamental mechanics to help increase battery storage capacity and lifespan.
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Electric Propulsion: The Future of Sustainable Aviation
USC researchers awarded a new NASA grant to make air travel cleaner, greener and more adaptable.
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Undergraduate Researchers Impress Viterbi Community With CURVE Symposium Posters
Over 100 USC Viterbi undergraduates present their year-long research projects virtually at the 2021 Viterbi Research Symposium
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Could Mapping Tiny Hairlike Structures Help Treat Lung Illnesses?
With a $2.3 million NIH award, USC researchers will study how cilia behavior and structure impact their function, a key in improving diagnostics and treatments for lung illnesses like COVID-19.
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Ten USC Viterbi Students Honored with Aerospace Fellowship
A collaboration between the USC WiSE program and the Aerospace Corporation, this prestigious fellowship offers students the opportunity to gain real-life industry experience and develop their skills
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Commencement 2021: Engineering Grads Take Center Stage at L.A. Coliseum For First Time in 71 Years
In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
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When Your Actual Family is a Trojan Family, USC is More than a Dream
USC graduates Parker Alban and his sister Sierra Alban carry on their family tradition at commencement, culminating a dream that began over 70 years ago with their USC alumni grandparents.
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Five USC Viterbi Faculty Receive 2021 NSF CAREER Awards
Research spans from self driving cars, virtual touch, AI for good, teaching machines commonsense and electromagnetic device design.
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How Do You Build a Rocket Without a Lab?
How USC’s renowned Rocket Propulsion Laboratory took one of the most hands-on clubs on campus remote.
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AME 441 Students Place 2nd, 3rd at AIAA Region VI Student Conference
AME students presented designs to allow for more efficient CubeSat operations and to disrupt criminal drone systems using sound at the annual AIAA student conference.
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Students Shine In Design
Fifty-three USC Viterbi freshmen impressed judges with their unique designs at the 2021 Boeing Freshman Design Challenge.
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Over 100 Undergraduate Students Conduct Research Remotely
As part of the Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering fellowships, undergraduate students participated in research spanning topics including disruptive space engineering, climate change, robotics and AI for social good.
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Mechanical Engineering Student Dreams of Engineering New Sounds
AME Junior David Krieger fell in love with music first and later, found his passion for engineering could drive him to explore sound in a whole new way.
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Can We Predict Which COVID-19 Patients Will End Up in the ICU?
USC researchers created an algorithm that uses five biomarkers to determine which COVID-19 patients will need intensive care after hospitalization.
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Can A Robot Operate Effectively Underwater?
USC researchers find sea stars’ shape plays an important role in their ability to withstand dynamic water forces and remain attached to surfaces.
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The Four-Legged Robot That Can Crawl, Crouch, Clean and Fight COVID
A team of USC master’s students creates a disinfection robot to use on COVID-19 prevention.
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What if Silent Heart Attacks Could be Diagnosed at Home?
USC Researchers use biofluid dynamics (hemodynamics) that can potentially detect heart attacks in patients without chest pain and lower mortality and re-hospitalization rates for heart failure patients.
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Paul Newton named AAAS Fellow
Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering joins 40 previously selected faculty members as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Wellness Workout: Mechancial Engineering Student Leads 6-Minute Yoga
Mechanical engineering student Anna Balbach is also a certified yoga instructor. She shared this six-minute video to help peers find mental balance and strength ahead of finals.
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Adapting to COVID-19: New Procedures Guiding Lab Safety for Students
Learn how the AME lab space at Biegler Hall has adjusted its space to ensure safety of its students, faculty and staff while allowing for immersive, hands-on learning.
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A 10-Day Forecast for COVID-19
USC Viterbi’s Roger Ghanem and Xiaoshu Zeng have created models which predict daily, new COVID-19 cases.
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Can the Movement of Tiny Hairlike Structures Tell Us How Healthy We Are?
Researchers determine triggers for transitions between coordinated movement of organelles called cilia, identifying a potential diagnostic tool for cancer and other illnesses.
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Imagine If Your Personal Device Worked All Day
Professor Ananya Renuka Balakrishna attempts to create batteries with longer lifespans.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 4: Automation Technologies for Ensuring Human Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The fourth lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how automation can help enhance human productivity in industries such as manufacturing while keeping them safe during the global pandemic.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 2: Fluid Dynamics of the Spread of COVID-19
The second lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how the virus spreads in droplets and what masks are most effective
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 1: Modeling Epidemics
Inaugural lecture in 10-part series focuses on modeling epidemics as a chemical reaction process
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A Sustainable Hackathon
The 4th annual Sustain-A-Thon saw 57 students propose solutions for making the planet more livable and sustainable.
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Engineering Our Way Through a Global Pandemic
USC master’s students tackle robots, masks and droplet dispersion, to better understand how to live with COVID-19.
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USC Viterbi Offers Two New Short Courses: “Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” and “Sustainable Energy”
Both lecture series launch the week after Labor Day, offering students a comprehensive faculty coverage of COVID-19 and a series on sustainable energy with Dean Yortsos
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Biegler Hall Gets a Makeover
The third floor Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering lab was reconfigured over the summer to offer students an interactive, yet safe experience this fall.
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Viterbi Researchers Create The Lightest, Smallest, Fully Autonomous Crawling Microrobot Reported To Date
The RoBeetle’s artificial muscle is powered by controlled catalytic combustion, a technology that has the potential to enable the development of a diverse new generation of microrobots capable of operating on land, water and air.
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USC Viterbi Sustainability Projects Receive $150,000 Funding Boost
Projects centered on precision agriculture, water modeling using AI, and smog-reducing architecture have been recognized in the USC Center for Sustainability Solutions’ latest grants.
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Walking, Climbing, Leaping Robots!
The work of USC Viterbi’s Quan Nguyen focuses on improving robot agility in legged robots so they can more easily and efficiently navigate difficult terrain
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Shockwaves Might Offer the Jolt Needed to Reach Mars
Applying shockwaves can improve conditions for fluid mixing in supersonic combustion engines, paving the way for flights at speeds five times faster than the speed of sound.
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USC Viterbi Doctoral Student Ke Xu Wins WiSE Merit Award
Xu’s research focuses on on the creation of electronics-free, entirely-soft autonomous robots.
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Helping La Peñita Through COVID-19
Travis Mendoza, ’16, came to Mexico to build a hotel; when the pandemic struck, he began to focus more on building a community.
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AI to Better Diagnose and Treat Renal Cancer and COVID-19
USC researchers are using AI to fuel more confident diagnosis of renal tumors, as well as more customized treatment for cancer patients and patients infected with COVID-19.
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USC Student Team Makes NASA RASC-AL Competition Finals
The design team will present its design on Wednesday, June 17 at 10:50 a.m. PST. Livestream will be available.
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USC Aerodesign Team Takes First Place for the Third Time at the Annual AIAA Design/Build/Fly Competition
From among 113 teams around the world, USC students came in first in the remote fly-off and also won best report at the 2019-2020 competition.
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Catching Defects Before They Multiply
USC and IBM researchers use deep learning to identify manufacturing issues before they spread, reducing wasted time, money and materials.
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Six USC Viterbi Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards
Awards span research from machine learning to wastewater reuse to fluid dynamics and to self-healing materials.
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Paul Ronney to Chair the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Combustion expert to start a three-year term on July 1, 2020.
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The 2020 Undergraduate Student Awards
Motivated to engineer a better world for all humanity, USC Viterbi celebrates graduates who have pursued academic excellence and impacted their communities.
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Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory Could Help Fight Cancer
Computational models developed by USC researchers show adaptively controlling tumor cell populations to keep them in competition can more effectively treat cancer.
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USC Undergraduate Researcher Peers Beneath The Waves
Hannah Walker, a graduating mechanical engineering major and winner of the USC Discovery Scholar Prize, has created a device to inexpensively map the ocean’s underwater topography.
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“These Stories Won’t Be Available Forever:” Senior Combines AI and Documentary Filmmaking to Preserve the Past
Imagine a museum where Japanese-Americans from World War II live on as virtual avatars. Cole Kawana is working on it.
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2020 AME Senior Awards
The Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering honored outstanding seniors on Friday, May 1 at a virtual celebration of their achievements.
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GrayMatter Robotics Wins the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
The USC Viterbi-led startup, which hopes to leverage AI for manufacturing, takes home the $50,000 grand prize at the 10th annual MEPC.
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Trojan Students Sweep the Boeing Innovation Challenge
USC teams take the first three places in the prestigious competition, with USC Viterbi students leading the way.
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How to Build a Plane in 90 Minutes
Dozens of USC Viterbi freshmen competed in the Boeing Design Challenge, where they got a taste of engineering design at a real-world aerospace company.
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Robotic Arms Extend the Reach of UV Disinfection
USC researchers adapt a customizable robot to autonomously perform disinfection tasks in both small and large spaces.
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As the World Goes Remote, USC Researchers, Entrepreneurs Work to Fill Gap in Healthcare Supply Chain
USC researchers and alumni emphasize innovation and collaboration to support the fight against COVID-19 on the front lines.
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USC Viterbi Listed Again Among the Nation’s Top 10 Engineering Graduate Programs
Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools
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Too Complex to Print? Call A Robot.
USC researchers build robots that can print complicated shapes without compromising on quality or accuracy.
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Rocket Handles New Features with Poise
The record-breaking student-led USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory launched its latest vehicle, Poise, to test a new propellant, recovery system and more.
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Is There Life on Mars? With the Right Tools, There Could Be.
A team of USC students is one of 10 finalists awarded $10K to build a water extraction tool for NASA’s Moon to Mars challenge.
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What If Cell Service Was Portable?
USC students launch Beamlink to provide the first ultraportable, low cost cellular base station for disaster relief and rural connectivity.
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Hard Work Pays Off
USC Viterbi freshman Jovani Esparza, a first-generation scholarship student, has worked since age 10 to support his family
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How Does a Sea Star Bounce?
What USC researchers uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler, decentralized systems in robotics and beyond.
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New Research Will Create Porous Materials Inspired by Nature
Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair Mitul Luhar was awarded $500K to develop porous materials to better regulate fluid flow, with implications toward smoother performance for aircrafts, water vessels and ground vehicles.
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New USC Research Will Investigate High-Speed Turbulence and Its Impact on Flexible Walls
The research team was awarded 2.1M Node-hours by US Department of Energy’s INCITE program to develop a framework that can inform future high-speed flying vehicles.
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Changing a 150-year-old paradigm
USC Researcher Discovers a New Approach to Stabilize Spinning Systems by Simultaneously Injecting and Removing Energy
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“All Heart”
Alina Garcia Taormina, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, is named Graduate Student Role Model by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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USC Viterbi Researchers Honored with Best Paper Nomination at the 2019 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Researchers from the Autonomous Microrobotic Systems Laboratory were acknowledged for designing the first four-winged robotic insect weighing less than 100mg.
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Race for Redemption
After a mechanical failure at June’s Formula SAE competition, USC Racing wins first place at a recent SoCal competition.